Revisiting the Design of the LTEE
When I give talks about the long-term evolution experiment (LTEE) with E. coli,I usually focus on the results of our work, with only a quick… Read More »Revisiting the Design of the LTEE
Richard Lenski
The Changing Distribution of Fitness Effects
I’m excited to announce two new papers posted on the bioRxiv preprint website. Both studies examine the evolution of the distribution of fitness effects (DFE)… Read More »The Changing Distribution of Fitness Effects
In Other News
Today is the 34th birthday of the LTEE, which I started on February 24, 1988. With the invasion of Ukraine, however, it’s not a day… Read More »In Other News
Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat nor Gloom of Night
We had a lot of snow here, but that didn’t stop Dr. Zachary Blount from making the daily LTEE transfers. You can follow Zack’s excellent… Read More »Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat nor Gloom of Night
New Beginnings
Greetings on this winter solstice, and welcome to this new LTEE website! The winter solstice marks a sort of new beginning, as the days become… Read More »New Beginnings
Nkrumah Grant and Kyle Card are in the Hood
The best part of the LTEE is the wonderful people who’ve worked on it over the years including graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, technicians, and… Read More »Nkrumah Grant and Kyle Card are in the Hood
National Geographic: Evolving Globs of Yeast May Unlock Mysteries of Multicellular Life
The LTEE has inspired other teams to perform long-term evolution experiments. In this article, Michael Gresko explains a multi-year experiment performed by Ozan Bozdag, Will… Read More »National Geographic: Evolving Globs of Yeast May Unlock Mysteries of Multicellular Life
New Yorker: How Will the Coronavirus Evolve?
The LTEE is mentioned as background for understanding how microbes evolve in this article by Dhruv Khullar. In 1988, Richard Lenski, a thirty-one-year-old biologist at… Read More »New Yorker: How Will the Coronavirus Evolve?
Veritasium: The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
The LTEE is covered in an episode of Veritasium. Check out the video below! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4sLAQvEH-M&t=1s
Neerja Hajela Retires as All-Time LTEE Champion
Neerja Hajela has worked on the LTEE for over 22 years as a technician and lab manager. But alas, she is now retiring. Neerja has… Read More »Neerja Hajela Retires as All-Time LTEE Champion
Through the Wormhole, with Morgan Freeman
Tony Lund was the writer and director for “Through the Wormhole” when he and his team came to MSU to tell the story of the… Read More »Through the Wormhole, with Morgan Freeman
What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 5
This page is part of a series of posts about what we’ve learned from the LTEE. You can view the original version on Telliamed Revisited.… Read More »What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 5
What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 4
This page is part of a series of posts about what we’ve learned from the LTEE. You can view the original version on Telliamed Revisited.… Read More »What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 4
What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 3
This page is part of a series of posts about what we’ve learned from the LTEE. You can view the original version on Telliamed Revisited.… Read More »What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 3
What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 2
This page is part of a series of posts about what we’ve learned from the LTEE. You can view the original version on Telliamed Revisited.… Read More »What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 2
What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 1
This page is part of a series of posts about what we’ve learned from the LTEE. You can view the original version on Telliamed Revisited.… Read More »What We’ve Learned about Evolution from the LTEE: Number 1